Ironmen
| 05/23/25 vs Plainfield North | 2-0 |
| 05/19/25 vs Mahomet-Seymour | 11-0 |
| 05/17/25 vs East Peoria | 1-0 |
| 05/14/25 @ Bloomington | 10-0 |
| 05/12/25 vs Bloomington | 4-2 |
| + 12 more games |
Normal Community waltzed into their match on Friday with 16 straight wins... but they left with 17. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Plainfield North Tigers, sneaking past 2-0. Give the Ironmen's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Jonah Roper looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two hits in ten consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Normal Community's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Naour, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Normal Community pushed their record up to 31-4 with the victory, which was their 18th straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Plainfield North, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-11.
Normal Community does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Plainfield North, they will face off against Lincoln-Way West at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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